Surviving the PR sequence and grabbing some wings

PRSSA Kent officers hosted a meeting on Sept. 17 to explain best practices for surviving the PR Kent sequence.

Key takeaways from the meeting included asking professors for help when its needed, always attending study sessions when offered and staying ahead on assignments for each class.

Officers rotated to different table during the meeting to provide course-specific advice. PRSSA members may contact the officers for additional advice on the following courses:

• Media, Power & Culture and Multimedia Techniques: Chelsea Graff and Gabrielle Woodard
• Multimedia Storytelling, Newswriting and Print Beat Reporting: Amanda Knauer and Anna Lemmon
• Principles of Public Relations, PR Case Studies and PR Tactics: Erin England and Hanna Moore
• PR Publications: Erica Batyko
• Audience Analysis & Research and PR Online Tactics: Casey Braun
• PR Campaigns and Bateman: Meghan Caprez
• Ethics & Issues in Mass Communication, Law of Advertising & PR and Media Relations & Publicity: Cindy Deng and Samantha Tuly

During the Wednesday meeting, members elected three new officers: Co-VP of PR Lauren Biertempfel, Treasurer Erin Zaranec and Co-PRSSA/PRSA Liaison Taylor Meade.

On Sept. 15, nearly two-dozen PRSSA members and potential members gathered at Buffalo Wild Wings in Downtown Kent for the first social of the year. Pictures from the social appear below.

PRSSA will host its next general meeting, "The Cleveland Comeback Story," on Oct. 1. Jennifer Kramer of Positively Cleveland and Rick Batyko of Cleveland Plus will discuss the rebranding effort for The City of Cleveland.

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